If the tariffs are revoked, reversed, unenforced, or blocked in some way, that strongly points towards possibility that they were understood to be unenforceable all along, and their imposition and failure was just a kayfabe set up by the president to look like he tried and juxtaposing himself against his enemies, depicting them as at fault for making the shiny new policy impossible. This is not unique to Trump, it has been very prevalent practice among presidents and congress since most of the Cold War and possibly long before that (I don’t have the energy to determine the exact age, only that it’s an old old practice and very widespread).
Sorry, I don’t really understand your idea here. In the passive form of “they were understood to be unenforceable all along”, I do not understand who you think might have understood them to be unenforceable. The markets seem to understand them as enforceable to a relevant extent: “The S&P 500 sank nearly 6%, the Dow plunged 2,230 points, and the Nasdaq lost 5.8%, hitting their lowest levels since last May.” (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/stock-market) The movements on the markets have already had massive effects on who owns what, they have affected geopolitical relations and expectations about the future of these relations.
Tariff-based taxation governments and income-based taxation governments are pretty different government/civilizational paradigms, similar to the distinctiveness of the “dark forest” government paradigm in Africa centuries ago where villages built near roads were more likely to be enslaved or conscripted or have forced labor quotas imposed on them, resulting in villages largely being distant from roads.
Yes, tariff-based taxation governments and income-based taxation governments are different. However, I don’t understand the comparison to the dark-forest government paradigm.
Sorry, I don’t really understand your idea here. In the passive form of “they were understood to be unenforceable all along”, I do not understand who you think might have understood them to be unenforceable. The markets seem to understand them as enforceable to a relevant extent: “The S&P 500 sank nearly 6%, the Dow plunged 2,230 points, and the Nasdaq lost 5.8%, hitting their lowest levels since last May.” (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/stock-market) The movements on the markets have already had massive effects on who owns what, they have affected geopolitical relations and expectations about the future of these relations.
Yes, tariff-based taxation governments and income-based taxation governments are different. However, I don’t understand the comparison to the dark-forest government paradigm.